In a decidedly baffling flip of occasions, the builders of Mindseye – one of many worst reviewed video games of 2025 – is outwardly quickly going to announce that it has determined to half methods with writer IOI Companions, the third get together publishing arm of IO Interactive. Sure, you prepared that proper, it’s not IO Interactive ditching them, it’s Construct A Rocket Boy submitting for divorce.
Phrase comes by means of Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming, who claims sources have knowledgeable him that “the choice is pushed by Construct a Rocket Boy’s need to deliver its publishing in-house and achieve extra management over its future.”
However most shockingly, “It’s understood that the choice to half methods is Construct a Rocket Boy’s, quite than IO Interactive’s.”
Mindseye launched in June of 2025 to horrible critiques (a 33 on Opencritic) that made it one in all worst-scoring video games of 2025. To make issues worst, it was IO Interactive’s first foray into publishing third half video games through their IOI Companions department. It appears they have been attracted by Construct A Rocket Boy’s chief Leslie Benzies, who was a producer Rockstar and who labored on the Grand Theft Auto sequence.
Sadly for IO Interactive, not solely was Mindseye was a vital mess, it was a gross sales catastrophe. It was so dangerous IO Interactive has even expressed doubt about its long-term third get together publishing plans.
And but staggeringly, it seems IO Interactive isn’t the one slicing ties with Construct A Rocket Boy, regardless of the large failure of Mindseye, and the feedback of Co-CEO Mark Gerhard who accused a “concerted effort” made by bots and paid influencers have been the reason for the dangerous reception. He even appeared to trace towards Rockstar being the responsible get together.
So, what’s the long run for Construct A Rocket Boy? Nicely, based on the corporate’s personal monetary particulars, they’ve sufficient money to tide them over till April of this 12 months. Their future depends closely on Ascendant, an arena-shooter from PlayFusion, a developer that Construct A Rocket Boy acquired in in December, 2024.
And to Construct A Rocket Boy’s credit score, they’ve continued updating their recreation. Hell, there’s even a surge of constructive critiques on Steam defending the sport, each for not being as dangerous as folks made out, and for current enhancements.
